We tend to overestimate what we can do in a day or week and underestimate what we can do in a year.
Anyone who isn't embarrassed by who they were last year probably isn't learning enough."
Alain de Botton
The end of the year is a convenient - if … [Continue reading]

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers."
Charles W Eliot
I've probably read 50 books this year. It sounds like a lot, but it's only about one … [Continue reading]

Sometimes there are moments in the day when we need circuit-breakers to stop those cycles of anxious or unproductive thinking.
These have helped me.
1. Close your eyes. Take five deep breaths.
Five seconds inhale, five seconds exhale. Trust … [Continue reading]